Hydrangea

10"x8" oil on gessoboard
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It seems I had forgotten to post this one I did a few weeks ago. I have been so busy getting a new art studio built. I picked this hydrangea from my garden and went straight in and painted it! I love anything white to paint especially flowers and birds...finding all the colours is a treat! 

Now that I'm settled in my studio I feel the need to do some more study on colour and application of paint...I have become stuck!

Lemom,Lime and Mint

6"x6" oil on board

$100

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Some of my favorite flavours...all from my garden! I love using citrus fruit and herbs when I cook. I will be painting more small food works during spring as the new vegetables grow!

Freesia

6"x6" oil on board
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My first spring flower from my garden! I have a vase full of theses on the table, the perfume is beautiful. I am slowly getting back to painting but will have to practice loosening up. I have a few different subjects under way so that should help!!

White Hydrangea

6"x6" Oil on gessoboard
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Another flower from my garden! This will be the last painting I do for a few weeks...when I am settled in Australia I will start painting and posting again. I am looking forward to the different landscape and birdlife over there!!

White Waterlily

6"x6" oil on gessoboard

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Back to flowers again!! We have a waterlily pond in town and  I always take some photos when they are in bloom. To me they are the star of the water garden...so delicate and tranquil floating on the surface of the water among the big bright green leaves. Another of my favorite flowers!! I love the way this is in shadow.

Passionfruit

6"x6" oil on gessoboard
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This is another favorite fruit of mine...these grow in my garden! Not easy to paint, but I had to try!! This is number 10 of my paintings done for my 2017 food calendar, when they are done and because spring is coming up I think I'll be doing flowers!

Geranium

6"x6" Oil on gessoboard
$100+s/h
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 I can't remember where I found this small glass bottle but I've wanted to paint it for some time. Simple setup...I thought! The shape appealed to me until I started to paint it. The Geranium is out of my garden and that was just as hard to paint .... I got there in the end and just glad I finished it!!! Some days it's like that!!

Daisies and Limes

6"x8" Oil on gessoboard

$100+s/h
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I love limes and white daisies and both are from my garden! These were on my kitchen bench with strong sunlight coming from the window behind...I didn't even set them up.... just painted them as is! It's so easy when still life happens like this!!!

Last Iris

6"x6" oil on board

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This was the last Iris from my garden this season!! The color is not quite true, the violet is warmer in the painting itself...this is the best I could get it! 

I have been painting small figure studies this week. I bought Peggi Kroll Roberts video 'Translations from a Photo'....she is a great teacher!! There is a lot to learn and her "one idea at a time" exercises make it easier, I'm really enjoying it.

Daffodil Duet

8"x8" Oil on board

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It's not spring in this part of the world yet, but my friend gave me these two daffodils from her garden. It was a nice reminder that the warmer weather is not far away! I find yellow one of the hardest colors to paint...so...I had to have a go!! I think I liked the initial block in best.... always hard not to over work...but here it is!

Hibiscus Bud

6"x6" oil on board

$85 +s/h
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This is one of the buds off my  hibiscus bush. It is covered in buds and flowers at this time of the year, the flowers are a beautiful dark orange and brighten up the garden in the winter months! Love them!! I used three colors in this painting...cad red light, ultramarine blue and cad lemon with a bit of white.

Daisies and Limes

Drawing #65

Graphite and pastel

I have had a rest from painting this weekend, but still like to do some drawing! Both the limes and daisies are from my garden...an easy setup! It's nice when I don't have to look very far for subject matter and it's even better when I can use these delicious limes growing just outside my door!

Pink Daisies

Drawing #34

Graphite and pastel
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These pink African Daisies grow in my garden and flower most of the year. They brighten up my studio even if they are only in a tin can! I had these sitting on the bench with strong sunlight coming from behind, with no thought of drawing them! I noticed  the way the  shadow  leads your eye up to the flowers...today's drawing done!!

Garden Delights

Drawing #18

Pen and watercolor

These are the last of my yellow cherry tomatoes this season...I call them my garden delights. The bright yellow color looks so good in the garden and they taste even better!! It may seem like I'm not painting much but I'm working on shoe paintings for a gallery...I will still post small paintings between times! I bought  Julie Ford Oliver's fracturing technique  artbyte and will be trying that out as soon as I can too! Have a look at her fantastic work here.

Protea

Drawing #14

Pen and watercolor 

 

Got my drawing done! My friend has these flowers growing in her garden and bought me a bunch...instead of painting the whole vase full  I did just one. Trying to do the whole lot would have taken too much time! Drawing daily is good until life becomes busy with a thousand and one things to do..so I'm keeping it simple and as long as I get one done everyday it's still good practice!

Cherry Tomatoes

Day Eleven-30 Paintings in 30 Days

6"x8" oil on board

$90+s/h
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These cherry tomatoes are from my garden...I leave them on my window sill to ripen properly! This painting was a bit of a marathon, my windows are aluminum and I had problems trying to get them to look like that! Never painted aluminum before..and won't ever again!! Anyway this is my number 11 painting! I am going to have a big glass of wine now!!!

Mellow Yellow

6x6" Oil on board

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Another little pot my friend gave me...I have painted the turquoise  and pink ones,  this is the last of them. I love them all and will no doubt use them again in my paintings! The daisies are from my garden and I will probably paint more of them too! I love small pots with just one or two flowers...like to keep it simple!!

Dressed in Pink

6"x8" Oil on board

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One of the pink daisies from my garden!  I love this small bowl...  given to me by art friend. (Thanks Gwenda) I borrowed a turquoise one like this a couple of months ago and  put a white rose in it....when she saw the painting she gave me the  set! The other one is yellow so I will be using that in a painting at some stage too!!  All proceeds from this painting will be donated to the Red Cross for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Hibiscus Bud

6"x6" Oil on board

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This hibiscus is from my garden, they flower most of the year and turn a darker orange in the winter....thought I would try the orange again!  I used the same palette as the persimmon and like the range of greys I can make with it! The next landscape I paint I am going to use it...stay tuned!

Dahlia

6"x6" Oil on board

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My friend has a garden full of beautiful flowers and whenever I visit I end up coming home with some of them!

I thought this red one was the pick of the bunch, it was starting to open and looked so  fresh...just lovely!